open post/voicetesting

[afflatuses]

help




some random memes options/ideas (but hit me w/ whatever you want!):

✧ random scenario meme!
✧ amnesia
✧ hidden relationship
✧ nursed back to health
✧ memory share
✧ AUs!!
✧ TFLN (link pearl from last night??)
✧ anything really!!

(most of these seem shippy- that's just what's on bs at the time of writing this- but i love platonic, antagonistic, etc. relationships and threads too!!)

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[afflatuses]

[ she gets an EXTREMELY DRAMATIC GROAN at that one, although the way he covers his face in his hands at the same times makes it clear he's also trying to hide a laugh. ]

My apologies. Next time I'll do my best to rescue you. [ is that a threat?? it might be a threat. he lets his hands fall as he considers her question. ]

Hmm... I suppose you're right. [ doing "this" for too long... that was a thought, wasn't it? ] But it might also be nice not to have to feel surprised about it every time.

[ or maybe he was just jumpy. whatever. ]

[songonthewind]

Just make sure I don't have the pointy end aimed in your direction.

[ She just continues to tease him, quite pleased with herself for getting that reaction out of him. ]

Maybe the world is just conspiring to keep you on your toes.

[afflatuses]

[ WOAH NOW. ihix'wo looks genuinely concerned for a moment, as though he truly wonders if she would do such a thing- before shaking his head, smile returning. ]

Hurting your own healer only hurts yourself, in the end. [ he says serenely, as if he's discovered some kind of Deep Wisdom. ]

And I'm on my toes enough thank you very much. I don't think I'm ever off them.

[songonthewind]

Technically, my healer would only be hurting himself. Positioning is everything, after all~!

[ Her tone is playfully sing-song as she teases him before she laughs and stretches out beside the fire in a more comfortable pose. It has her cheek braced in one palm as she stretches out on her side, bringing her closer to where he sits. ]

The exciting life of a famed Warrior of Light - and Darkness. Isn't this precisely what you imagined when you first set out on your adventures?

[afflatuses]

[ POSITIONING. PSH. ihxi'wo chooses to take the high road here... and sticks his tongue out at her sing-song teasing. ]

This is what I get for trying to help. [ one last sigh, before his face turns to an odd mixture of amusement and thoughtfulness at her question. ]

No, not even a little. [ and he can say, 100%, that that is true. ] Mostly, I imagined I'd get killed by a monster much sooner. Or not make enough money for food. Or get lost in Limsa Lominsa and never find my way out. Or-

[ well. she gets the picture. ]

How about you? Everything you've ever dreamed of?

[songonthewind]

[ She snickers at that, rolling over onto her back as she stares up at the brilliant night sky overhead. ]

I still get lost in Limsa...

[ But his question has her turning a little serious again, her expression turning more solemn. He'd not been there when she arrived to join the Scions, and even then there were few she revealed her own past to. It was safer that way. But here they were, an entire world away. And she doesn't have it in her to lie, or make up a tall tale.

So she settles for the truth. ]

It was never my dream to become an adventurer. Not really. It just sort of... happened to me instead.

[afflatuses]

[ he has to laugh at that. he still gets lost in limsa too, no matter how many times he’s wandered its salty paths.

but- her change in mood reflects back as him and he stays silent, listening. there’s a short pause before he follows her lead, falling back to look up at the sky above them.

a different world, a different sky, but still as comforting to see as it had been back home. ]

Was there something else you had in mind? A different dream?

[ despite being curious by nature, he’d never wanted to pry into things she didn’t want to share- but... he can’t help himself this time, as her words fill him with empathy. ]

[songonthewind]

[ Her lips twitch faintly at that, soft and nostalgic, but she shakes her head. ]

Oh, probably. Little, secret ones or big unrealistic ones. You know how those selfish childhood wishes are. We want the world, without realizing what comes along with that. I was no different. Obsessed with what was right in front of me, never realizing the downside of not looking at the bigger picture.

[afflatuses]

I don't think it's selfish. [ he answers, sincerity in his voice as he twists his head to glance at her. ]

To have childhood dreams or wishes. Or... adulthood dreams and wishes, really. [ but she does have a point about the "not realizing what comes along with that." he turns he head back up to the sky, thoughtful. ]

If we don't have any, then we're just sort of... floating, aren't we? [ a poet he is not, but ihxi'wo remembers his own childhood well- remembers going along with the flow and pushing down any of his own wishes and dreams until he was forced to leave and his lack of direction came crashing down upon his head. perhaps he's feeling reckless- because he continues in his questions. ]

Let me hear one, then. A small one. A place you wanted to see, or something you wanted to learn to do, or something like that.

[songonthewind]

[ That.... that is a complicated question. And so many of her old wishes and dreams are tied to a life that will never be. A life that had ended in the span of one night and haunts her even now.

Reluctant to wade back into those old shadows of pain and fear and grief, she instead does her best to keep the topic light, picking one of the more silly wishes instead. ]

I wanted to cut off all my hair! Or find a spell that would let me magic it to be a different color, at the very least.

[afflatuses]

[ he can't help but let out a surprised laugh at that. he's glad she was able to find something sillier to mention- but, it is kind of funny, after all. ]

You could still do that! I'm sure you'd look nice with short hair. Or no hair, or bright orange hair-

[ she's lucky his mischievous streak is not just a bit longer, really. ]

[songonthewind]

I'm not going no hair. [ She laughs as she shakes her head. ] Can you imagine how cold that would be? I'd have to avoid Ishgard for like a year!

...Although bright orange might be eye-catching...